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Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away. (old.reddit.com)

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[-] Soggytoast@lemm.ee 24 points 7 months ago

Lately (few months) YouTube will not load whatsoever on my android phone nor tablet very often, activating a VPN fixes it instantly. Using basic YouTube app

[-] ARk@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago

Likely just a network-related issue

[-] thomcat@midwest.social -2 points 7 months ago

Using a VPN on a shitty network won't magically make your network connection better.

[-] spamspeicher@feddit.de 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It is possible. Maybe the peering from his ISP to YouTube is shit/ overloaded. That was an issue for Deutsche Telekom for a few years because Telekom didn't want to pay for better peering. With a VPN it is possible to get good peering to your ISP and YouTube and in return faster load speeds.

[-] thomcat@midwest.social 2 points 7 months ago

Well crap, I didn't consider that, thanks!

[-] ghterve@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

No but it can definitely work around issues like a congested link between isp and Google, resolving network-related YouTube performance issues.

[-] ARk@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

No, but it does affect what route your traffic goes through.

[-] 0Xero0@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

just use ReVanced?

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